School of Psychology, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK.
Department of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, University of Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany.
Psychol Med. 2023 Sep;53(12):5748-5755. doi: 10.1017/S0033291722002975. Epub 2022 Sep 6.
The term 'pandemic paranoia' has been coined to refer to heightened levels of mistrust and suspicion towards other people specifically due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In this study, we examine the international prevalence of pandemic paranoia in the general population and its associated sociodemographic profile.
A representative international sample of general population adults ( = 2510) from five sites (USA = 535, Germany = 516, UK = 512, Australia = 502 and Hong Kong = 445) were recruited using stratified quota sampling (for age, sex, educational attainment) and completed the Pandemic Paranoia Scale (PPS).
The overall prevalence rate of pandemic paranoia was 19%, and was highest in Australia and lowest in Germany. On the subscales of the PPS, prevalence was 11% for persecutory threat, 29% for paranoid conspiracy and 37% for interpersonal mistrust. Site and general paranoia significantly predicted pandemic paranoia. Sociodemographic variables (lower age, higher population size and income, being male, employed and no migrant status) explained additional variance and significantly improved prediction of pandemic paranoia.
Pandemic paranoia was relatively common in a representative sample of the general population across five international sites. Sociodemographic variables explained a small but significant amount of the variance in pandemic paranoia.
“大流行妄想症”一词被用来形容由于 COVID-19 大流行而对他人产生的不信任和怀疑感加剧。在这项研究中，我们研究了大流行妄想症在普通人群中的国际流行率及其相关的社会人口统计学特征。
我们使用分层配额抽样（按年龄、性别、教育程度）从五个地点（美国 = 535，德国 = 516，英国 = 512，澳大利亚 = 502 和中国香港 = 445）招募了具有代表性的普通成年人群体国际样本（n = 2510），并完成了大流行妄想量表（PPS）。
大流行妄想症的总体患病率为 19%，在澳大利亚最高，在德国最低。在 PPS 的子量表上，偏执威胁的患病率为 11%，偏执阴谋的患病率为 29%，人际不信任的患病率为 37%。地点和普遍妄想显著预测了大流行妄想症。社会人口统计学变量（年龄较小、人口较多、收入较高、男性、就业和非移民身份）解释了额外的差异，并显著提高了对大流行妄想症的预测。
在来自五个国际地点的普通人群代表性样本中，大流行妄想症较为常见。社会人口统计学变量解释了大流行妄想症变异的一小部分，但具有统计学意义。
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